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5 Things I'm Currently Mad About

There's so much to rant about, and I simply couldn't pick just one.

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5 Things I'm Currently Mad About
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Please enjoy my five mini political rants.

1. Trump's post-hospitalization comments about COVID-19.

He really said not to let COVID-19 dominate our lives as if any person has chosen this. As if 200,000+ Americans haven't died from it. As if everyone in the country has access to the same type of healthcare he received. As if people haven't been dying alone and in pain because of this virus and lack of access to adequate, affordable healthcare.

2. Trump stopping negotiations on a new COVID-19 stimulus package.

The government gave some people $1,200 in April and thought that would fix everything. It's been six months and no further support has been given to the American people. Now, Trump is attempting to stop a new stimulus package from being passed until after the election, essentially trying to blackmail Americans into voting for him in order to receive life-saving financial assistance.

3. Amy Coney Barrett's SCOTUS nomination.

I disagreed with Republicans preventing Obama from appointing a new SCOTUS judge EIGHT MONTHS before the election, but now they refuse to follow their own precedent ONE MONTH before the election as early voting has already begun... Hypocrites. Also, the audacity of trying to replace a champion of women's rights with Amy Coney Barrett, who would gladly reverse all of RBG's contributions to women's rights. This appointment also threatens the Affordable Care Act and Roe v Wade. We really are about to see changes that will set civil rights back decades because of a bunch of power-hungry, hypocritical, privileged white men.

Oh, and Amy Coney Barrett is also violently homophobic.

4. Thomas and Alito wanting to reverse Obergefell v Hodges.

It's 2020 and people still want to use religion as an excuse to be bigots? Come on! Justices Thomas and Alito wanting to make gay marriage unconstitutional in the name of religious freedom is homophobic, heinous and despicable. All we want is to be able to marry who we want and love freely. Is that really too much to ask for?

5. The fact that I have to vote for Joe Biden.

I will never get over the fact that this presidential election has come down to two old, white, racist men who are also accused sexual predators. Really? This is the best we could do? The fact that I have to vote for Joe Biden because he's the more progressive choice is a joke and infuriating. All I want is a president who will actually care about people. Apparently that's too much to ask for.

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